I cannot believe it has been almost 8 months since I last posted. Where did the time go? To catch up…
August 2011: Maddie started 3rd grade and was thrilled to get Mrs. Williams and Ms. Dougharty as her teachers. She has a lot of friends in her class and is doing great! Anna started her second year at PELE (the lab preschool at our high school for district employee’s kids). She absolutely loves her teachers and all of the high school students that work at PELE.
September 2011: The girls are “Cheer Pups” and enjoy cheering during the pregame at the home games. They have a cheer clinic at the beginning of the season.
October 2011: One of our favorite fall activities is our annual trip to Anderson Farms with Granny. The girls love the hayride and getting to pick out their pumpkin. This year Anna took FOREVER to pick out the perfect pumpkin!
November 2011: We spent Thanksgiving in Ruston with my family. It is always nice to stop and remember just how blessed we are. Thanksgiving Day marked 9 years since Ryan’s last chemo treatment.
December 2011: Our intent this year was to keep it simple and not over-book our calendar so we could focus on the reason for the season…and were quickly reminded that God is in control and often has plans that aren’t on our calendar. We had an offer on our house (that had been on the market for 18 months!) and quickly went into moving mode. This was one of those times I was so thankful to be a teacher and have 2 weeks off from school to pack! Fortunately we were still able to spend all the time with our family that we had originally planned. Oh-and we somehow managed to squeeze an anniversary trip to San Antonio for me and Ryan in there, too! Eleven years and counting!
January 2012: After weeks of packing, I really wanted to crawl under a rock and just stay there. However, there was too much to do! Maddie started her Upward basketball season (Ryan coached)…so there went every Saturday morning. We are thankful she enjoys playing basketball, even if she is the only girl on her team! She is actually quite good at making baskets, but poor thing doesn’t have an aggressive bone in her body! Anna is very excited about being old enough next year to get to start Upwards…she has informed us that she will NOT be playing basketball-she will be a cheerleader. She is so spunky! Somewhere in the middle of January, Ryan and I packed our bags and headed to Hollywood for a work thing for him. It was a much needed break and I was extremely thankful for the opportunity! The last week of January we closed on our house and moved into our “temporary housing”. Whew…that was a long month!
February 2012: I honestly don’t remember a lot about February…I know it rained A LOT! The last weekend of the month, Ryan had to work at Bass Pro during the Bass Master Classic. The girls and I decided we needed a “vacation”, so we tagged along. We dropped Ryan off at Bass Pro and we went shopping! We made sure to book a hotel that had an indoor pool, and the girls thought it was super cool to swim during the winter. Of course, since our life is in boxes while we build our new house, I couldn’t find the girls’ swimming suits, but they didn’t mind buying new ones. I was so thankful that it warmed up a bit this weekend, which made shopping at the Boardwalk very enjoyable!
